Featured pick: Silk Road Ensemble: Superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma brings his international team of instrumentalists back to Ravinia for an eclectic program of boundary-busting global music. 8 p.m. Tuesday, Ravinia Festival, Lake Cook and Green Bay roads, Highland Park; $80 and $95, $20 lawn; 847-266-5100, www.ravinia.org
Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Violin virtuoso Joshua Bell is joined by jazz trumpeter Chris Botti and conductor George Hanson; 8 p.m. Friday. Pianist Kevin Cole is the host, David Alan Miller the conductor, for a pops concert celebrating Cole Porter’s 125th birthday; Sylvia McNair is among the singers; 8 p.m. Wednesday. Ravinia Festival, Lake Cook and Green Bay roads, Highland Park; $25 and $100, $10 lawn; 847-266-5100, www.ravinia.org
Grant Park Music Festival: The probing pianist Kirill Gerstein joins conductor Carlos Kalmar and the Grant Park Orchestra to perform the original 1879 version of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, as part of an all-Tchaikovsky program that also includes Suite No. 3; 6:30 p.m. Friday and 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Festival favorite Christian Tetzlaff plays Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, with Kalmar also leading Schubert’s Symphony No. 4; 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street; free in lawn and unreserved seating areas; memberships for reserved seating begin at $169; one-night passes are $25-$89; 312-742-7647, www.gpmf.org
His Majestie’s Clerkes: The six-voice professional male-vocal ensemble is reconstituted by its original director, countertenor Richard Childress, for a program of works ranging from the 16th century (Des Prez, Gombert, Andrea Gabrieli) to the 21st century (Howard Skempton, Ivan Moody). 7:30 p.m. Saturday, St. John Cantius Church, 825 N. Carpenter; $20, $10 for children; songofsongs.brownpapertickets.com
Midwest Mozart Festival: For the festival’s third and final weekend, soprano Susan Nelson will perform Mozart arias; Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 completes the program. 3 p.m. Sunday, Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St., Woodstock; $25-$40, $7 for students; 815-338-5300, www.woodstockoperahouse.com
Ravinia $10 BGH Classics: Artists from the Steans Institute program for singers present a new commissioned work by David Ludwig and other selections; 6 p.m. Monday. Cellist Adolfo Gutierrez Arenas and pianist Christopher Park perform the complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas; 6 p.m. Tuesday. Violinist and longtime Steans Institute director Miriam Fried performs the complete Bach Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, in back-to-back recitals; 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Pianist Jonathan Biss embarks on a three-year cycle of the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas with a recital that includes the “Waldstein” and four other sonatas; 6 p.m. Thursday. Bennett Gordon Hall, Ravinia, Lake Cook and Green Bay roads, Highland Park; $10; 847-266-5100, www.ravinia.org
Rush Hour Concerts: The 17th season of free weekday chamber concerts in downtown Chicago continues with the Civitas Ensemble playing works by Messiaen, Walter Rabl, Paul Moravec and others. 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, St. James Cathedral, 65 E. Huron St.; www.rushhour.org
Summer Lieder Lounge: Soprano Ann Toomey and tenor Jesse Donner of Lyric’s Ryan Opera Center perform a recital, presented by the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago. 7 p.m. Saturday, PianoForte, 1335 S. Michigan Ave.; $35, $30 for seniors, $15 for students; www.caichicago.org
Thirsty Ears Festival: Chicago’s first street festival devoted entirely to classical music, presented by composer Seth Boustead of Access Contemporary Music, spans seven hours of live outdoor performances and children’s activities. Ensembles include the Ravenswood Trio, Odyssey Quintet and New Moon Opera, performing Humperdinck’s “Hansel and Gretel.” 1-8 p.m. Saturday, Wilson Avenue between Hermitage and Ravenswood streets; $5 suggested donation; www.acmusic.org
John von Rhein is a Tribune critic.
Twitter @jvonrhein
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